Cruise ship Sun Princess made her first call at port Vladivostok on July 17. The ship carried 1,907 passengers, 90% of which were Australia and New Zealand citizens. Other tourists were from the US, Great Britain, Italy, etc. The ship crew numbers 857 members. The trans-Pacific cruise began in Australia. The port of Vladivostok was…
Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the “Rules of exempting trucks, trailers and semi-trailers of foreign states from road tax and state fee”. The rules became valid on June 1, and will be in effect for three years. The rules apply to foreign vehicles carrying freight to Iran and Turkey as well as from Iran…
Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discussed the creation of joint enterprises to produce food products, said Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry. The discussions were held within the meeting of Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev with Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Taqi Khalili. The economic cooperation between the two countries and other issues of mutual interest were also discussed during…
AGCO-RM (a joint venture of AGCO, the international manufacturer of agricultural equipment, and the Russian corporation “Russian Machines”, part of the Basic Element Industrial Group) and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation have signed an agreement for provision of subsidies for tillage and seeding equipment under Challenger brand. The subsidies will cover up…
As of July 1, Ukrainian agrarians produced 1.4 million tons of grains and pulses (in bunker weight), an increase of 63.6% compared with the last year index on the same date, declared the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on July 15. In particular, agrarians harvested the largest grain volumes in Mykolaiv, Odessa and Kherson regions.…
General Electric will transfer a locomotive to Ukraine to demonstrate its capabilities on the Ukrainian railway. According to the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure, General Electric and Ukrzaliznytsia signed a relevant agreement on July 14. The locomotive of American production will arrive in Ukraine in the next two week. It will be on…
Gazprom Group has signed a number of agreements with Vnesheconombank to purchase a block of ordinary shares and ADRs representing Gazprom’s ordinary shares that amounts to 3.59% of the company’s equity capital. “Gazprom’s shares are strongly undervalued by the market and have considerable growth potential. This is why we seized the opportunity to buy out…